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I shared this with one of my classes today and decided to post it here as well.

Richard St. John tells the remarkable story of his encounter with a young girl who, though from an impoverished background, wanted to become successful. She asked him how; he said he wasn’t sure, but he’d find out. Seven years and 500 interviews later, here are his findings (in the video below). He now gives this two-hour talk to high school students but delivered it at the 2005 TED conference in just three minutes.

I was so intrigued by this that I’ve ordered one of his books, Stupid, Ugly, Unlucky, and Rich (a second title, 8 to be Great, is a condensed version of the same). It looks an awful lot like Jim Collins’ Good to Great but applied at the personal level. I’m expecting a good read.

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